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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. E CHE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK MISS GRACE OVERMAN ZA JOHN T. WATKINS SUBMARINE KILLS4 TO RESTORE ORDER DEAD IN EL PASO Jan. 17, 1818. Allies took German trench In Belgium and closed In on Llll. Russians took Klrllbab paaa In Bukowina and pushed along right EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE IN DRV DOCK MAKING SOME REPAIRS. ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE FULL OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT INTEREVENTION. ONCE MOVING SPIRIT AND FOR MER DICTATOR OF MEXICO DEAD. bank ef Vistula. , Germans were pushed back en Plotsk. Turkish corps was out to pise in th Caucasus. Antiwar demonstration In Vi enna; Czech editor xcutd for FOUR KILLED, MANY INJURED Ji TO DEMONSTRATE ABILITY BURIAL TO BE IN MEXICO 1 Causa of Explosion In the Now York Navy Yard Is Not Known. Investigating. New York. Four men were killed and 10 others Injured, Ave of them dangerously, In an explosion which occurred on the submarine K-2, while the craft was ui.J 1 'going repairs in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, One of the men killed waR an enlist ed electrician and the other three civilian workers. The dead: R. I). Seabert, electrl clan, second class; James II. Peck civilian, general helper, Brooklyn; P. S'hultz, civilian, machinist, Brook lyn; Joseph Logan, civilian, general helper, Brooklyn. The Injured: L. C Miles, chief electrician, Brooklyn; Ramon Otto, electrician. Mlddleburg. Md.; Ouy H, Clark. Jr., Frankfort. N. Y.; John Holsey, Baltimore, Md.; Jamea Lyons, civilian; Henry Zoll. civilian; Otto Hassert, civilian; Richard Heyne, civ ilian; Mchael Peyser, civilian; Aug' ust Kaplln, civilian. Although the detonation was ter- rifle, the Submarine itself, from the outside, shows none of the effects of the explosion, the second fatal accl dent of Its kind In the history of the United States Navy. The Interior apparatus was badly shattered but so tight was the vessel's shell that there was no means of escape for gas which accumulated and It was more than an hour after the blast before the work of recovering the bodies could be completed, A statement Indicating that the new Edison storage battery was not In any way responsible for the explo sion on the submarine E-2 at the New York Navy Yard, was made by Miller Reese Hutchinson, chief engineer for Thomas A. Edison and a member of the Navy Consulting Board. CALLED TO DEFEND NATION. President Wilson Begins Work Quick. Mobilization. of Washington. President Wilson has beun work to put Into operation the plan he outlined In his last mes- sage to congress for preparing the na tion's manufacturing, railroad and oth er business resources for quick mob ilisation In case of emergency. It be came known that he has written to the heads of all of the principal engi neering organisations asking that they appoint representatives to collect data for use In organizing business for na tional defence, In time of danger. The letters, one of which was made . public In New York, by W. L. Saun ders, president of the American Insti tute of Mining Engineers, went also to the presidents of the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Chem ical Society. Renews Promise to Punish Bandits. Washington. General Carranza re. new his assurances to the United States that he would make every ef fort to punish those responsible for the murder fo American mining men near Santa Ysabel. a uispuicn iroui consul muiman 10 the state department, dated at Que. retaro said Carranza had personally assured Mr. Silliman, in reply to the department's demand that the mur derers be run down, that he "had ta sued orders for the immediate pursuit. capture and punishment of those re sponsible for the atrocity." Simultaneously In a dispatch to Ellseo Arredondo, his ambassador des- ImbIb 1 f oiua!T3 uwo, ucucim iuiruiitt an nounced that he was about to Issue a decree permitting any citizen of - Mexico to execute any of the bandits "without formality." Special Message from Governor Stuart Richmond, Va. In a special mes sage to the general assembly, Gov ernor Henry C. Stuart recommended legislation which woutd give state troops rlKht of way on all railroads when called on active service; a "fair and reasonable" workman's compen sation law, a preferential ! primary - for selection of candidates for state offices; and the appointment of a commission to study land mortga banks and othor forms of rural cred its with a view to the establishment of such a system In Virginia. riuinpt nbMun ngsmst ypnUS. El Paso. Texas. Prompt action was taken by Federal authorities to pre vent the entrance of typhus fever into the United States froe Mexico. Mop Otlns Mart' -az, a Mexican who came here from' Negras, :,?xlco. died of typhus in a local hospital. Dr. John W. Tappaii, Immigration medical offi cer here, act'nr under orders from Dr. C. C. Pearce, senior Burgeon of the service made arrangements to disinfect all persons from Mexico sus pected of having been exposed to the disease ; . . ' .. . . j --Vv'rV.V: '"!- ' . Miss Overman, daughter of Senator and Mrs. La 8. Overman of North Carolina, la on of this winter's moat attractive debutante In Washington society. DEMANDING PUNISHMENT NOTE 8ENT TO CARRANZA, DE NOUNCING THE SLAYING OF AMERICANS. Committed In Territory Announced to Be In Control of ths Carranza Forces. Washington. Secretary Lansing with the approval of President Wilson dispatched to Consul Silliman at Quer etaro for presentation to General Car ranza a note denouncing the slaying of Americans near Chihuahua by Mex ican bandits and calling upon the head of the de facto government for the immediate pursuit, capture and pun ishment of the perpetrators of the deed. The note urged the sending of troops to other districts where Amer icans are in danger of losing their lives or property. At the same time the state depart ment ordere an investigation of the murders with a view of determining whether they resulted from the fail ure of the de facto government to give proper protection In a zone known by it to be dangerous or whether the men lost their lives as the result of a bandit outbreak, which could not have been foreseen. Instructions to seek information on this point were telegraphed tV eon sular representatives in Mexico and along the border. In the note to General Carranza the killing of the Americans was describ ed a sa dastardly crime, committed In territory announced to be in con trol of the Carranza forces. The men were killed. General Carranza was in formed, because they were Americans, after they had gone into the country with the consent of the Carranza mill tary authorities. Arrangements for bringing the bod ies of the slain men to the United States were made early in the day. After several messages had been ex. changed, Secretary Lansing was ad vised from El Paso that General Cavlra and Consul Garcia of the de facto government had arranged for a special funeral train. MEXICAN SITUATION STIRRED. Jutburat of Attack In The Senate on Administration. Washington: While Secretary Lans ing In a statement announced that every step will be taken to see that the perpetrators of this dastardly crime are apprehended and punished he added that It was to be deplored that Americans had not heeded the state department's warning against exposing their lives in the guerrilla warfare territory. In defining the rights of Americans in territory under the sovereignty of another nation he declared that non-combatant runs the danger of losing his liberty or his life he ventures into territory where the authority is uncertain. Although the attacks in Congress upon President Wilson's policy were almost unmeasured in terms, the ad ministration was not vtthout defend ers among the Democratic leaders who challenged their critics to point out a better course ana recalled that during the Taft administration reso lutions proposing intervention were vigorously opposed by the Republi cans. Requests Removal District Attorney. Washington. Marlon Butler flled a petition and affidvalts from Randolph county citizens with President Wilson, preferring charge against W. C. Ham mer, United States district attorney for the Western district of North Car olina, and requesting his removal. The probable course indicate wouldi ba for the president to submit the peti tion with the affidavits to the attorney general for investigation, and in the event an investigation is ordered the hearing probably will take place in Wasmnc'oo. -.. 1 The Carranza Government Will Be Given Every Opportunity to Make Good. Washington. General Carranza and the de facto government of Mex ico are to be given full opportunity without intervention from the United States to rnn to earth the murderer of American citizens at Santa Ysabel and to demonstrate ability to restore order and protect foreign rights in the Southern Republics. This was the outstanding fact here after a meeting of the cabinet, a conference between President Wilson and Chair man Stone of the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee, and another day of stirring debate in the senate cham ber. The president, .supported by his cabinet and the Democratic leaders In Congress, is declared to be deter mined that the American government shall not be stampeded by war talk and cries of vengeance, Into rushing an army across the Rio Grande to destroy in Its infancy the de facto gov ernment, which the United States with the co-operation of Pan-American na tions, aided In establishing after the Mexican nation had been torn by revo lution for years. In the senate, administration lead er (Irmly outlined the position of the government in the face of denun ciations from the Republican side, and another resolution directing In terventlon proposed by Senator Works of California. At the state depart ment officials were vigilant In their watch over the situation, awaiting of ficial word from General Carranza In reply to the demand made upon him to seek out and punish the bandit mur derers. While no direct communication from General Carranza had reached the state department, a message from him to Ellseo Arendondo, the Mexi can ambassador designate, announced the dUpatch of troops to capture the outlaws and his purpose to visit con dign punishment upon every partid pant in the massacre. PRIVATE REMOVED FROM SHIP, Brltlah Take American Soldier From Ship Flying American . Flag. New York. Albert Clark, a private in the Fifth United States Infantry, was removed from the steamship San ta Marta at Jamaica, toy a British neutrality officer, according to pas sengers who arrived here on the San ta Marta. After being detained ashore several hours Clark was allowed to re turn to the ship and proceed here. Clark was proceeding - from the Panama Canal to Washington and was in full uniform when he was tem porarily removed from the Santa Mar ta, which flies the American flag. This Is said to be the first time a United States soldier has been re moved under similar conditions from an American vessels since the war of .1812. Clark said he was taken to what Is known as the lower concentration camp on the outskirts of Kingston and there closely questioned by the commanding officer. - While he was absent American passengers on the Santa Marta de cided to appeal to the American con sul, but before this could, be done Clark returned. ' Clark said that he would make a full report of the Incident to the war department. , Increase to Miners. Columbus, O. Ten per cent Increase in wages for machine and pick coal mining on a mine run basis will be de manded of operators April 1, when the present wage agreement terminates. Ohio federation mine workers decided at the final session of their annual con vention here. ; No Separate Peace. Petrograd via London. "Rest assur ed, as I said at the beginning of the war, I will not make peace before we have forced the last of the enemy out of the limits of the mother coun try and not otherwise than with the consent of our Allies to whom we are bound, not by paper, but by a sincere friendship and the tie of blood." Em peror Nicholas in these words ad dressed to one of his armies during the week preceding the ' Russian Christmas, once more replied to the rumors of a separate peace In Russia. Huerta' Body Lie at El Paso. El Paso, Tex. Garbed -in the Bhowy uniform of a Mexican general, the body of General Vlctoriana Huerta, former provisional president of the Mexican republic, lay m state and was viewed by a large number of his form er adherents. Late in the afternoon members of the family and former of ficers of the Mexican army followed the casket to Concordia cemetery. It is planned to remove (W body to Mexico City after peace is restored In compliance with the- general's dying request 1 .;. ,-: V.W ',',:'- i''' ;v,? Congressman John T. Watkln of Louisiana I chairman of th house committee on revision of laws and about th biggest Job he will hsvt this session I to have stricken from th cotton claim law th clause that pro vide that th claimant In order to oollect for losses during and sft.r . . " . th Civil war, must b able to prove u loyalty to th United State. Th tf i I 1.111 , . 1 . . . , . Wstklns b I died In th senate last session. It will b reintroduced. PROGRESSIVES TO MEET CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT SAME TIME A8 REPUBLCAN CONVENTION. Fourty-Seven of 48 States Represent ed at National Committee Meet ing. Favor Preparedness. Chicago. The Progressive National Convention will be held In Chicago June 7, the week of the Republican Convention here. This was decided by the Progressive National Commit tee in sesslen here. The action by the committee was taken in the hope that both parties may agree on the same candidate for president Forty-seven of the 48 states were represented at the meeting. Before adjourning the committee adopted declaration of principles In which the administration of President Wil son as criticized for Its alleged fail ure to deal adequately with national honor and industrial welfare and the Progressive party went on record as favoring a complete preparedness program consisting of military arma ment as well as a mobilization of all the county's resources with a view of the unification of American citi zens. . A message from Colonel Roosevelt urging th necessity for adequate pre paredness, was enthusiastically ap plauded. Progressive leaders declared that there would be no amalgamation with the Republican party even In the event of both parties choosing the same presidential candidate. The Progressive party plans to nominate a national ticket at it sconventlon in June. Many of the party leaders declared that if the Republicans will nomi nate Roosevelt or any other man who is regarded a unobjectionable and will inauguarte In its platform the sillent features of the Progressive principles both parties will unite on same candidates in Chicago next June. VILLA BANDIT8 SHOOT 8IXTEEN. American Miner Held Up and Shot By Mexican. El Paso, Texas. Seventeen persons all thought to be Americans return lng from Chihuahua City to re-open mines at SuBlhiariachlc, Chihuahua, were taken from a Mexican Northwest ern train by bandits, stripped and lin ed up along the tracks for execution, according to a message received here from Thomas H. Holmes, one of the 17, who made his escape. Whether the " execution of the re maining 16 Americans was carried out is not known definitely here but it Is feared all were killed. - It Is supposed the bandits belonged to the forces of Gen. Jose Rodriguez, Villa supporter known to be oper ating in Chihuahua against the de facto government Almost immediately after the first news was received a censorship was Imposed on the wires between Juarez and Chihuahua City by the Carranza officials. This action was taken, it was said, "until the story could be veri fied from official Mexican sources." - Rockefeller Denies Charge, . Youngstown, O. John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., in a .telegram received here, denied charges made by Thomas H. Fiynn, general organizer for the Amer ican Federation of Labor that the Rockefeller Interests ware In any way Interested in the proposed merger of big independent steel interests or were indirectly responsible tor 'the rioting in East Youngstown. ' Mr. Flynn, in his statement Issued here, charged that the riot was part of a scheme to depress the Value of stock ot the Youngstown 8het at Tub Co. Was Dlven From HI Own Country by Carranza-Vllla Combination. 82 Year Old. El Paso, Texas. Vlctoriano Huerta, former dictator of Mexico Is dead here. General Huerta, who succeeded Gen. Francisco I. Madero In execu tive power In Mexico City and later left Mexico, died of sclerosis of the liver. He was surrounded by his family when the end came at 8:36 o'clock. His death was not unexpect ed. It Is bellved an effort will be made to arrange for his burial in Mexico. Gen. Vlctoriano Huerta was a pro fessional soldier, and as such be had, up to the overthrow of President Vrnnnfann 1Um V. n I. ....... f..w : ",' , """" " his loyal support of the exist ng 1 ' , rr , ... ,, governments. He fought loyally for ... .. , . 1 President Diaz until his fall, and . . . , ' . nuc.i xjin wis uu lunger tuiui cun- tlve. Heurta fought for Francisco de la Barra, the provisional president. After Francisco Madero was elected Huerta found It to be his duty to sup port one who had so long fought as a rebel. His loyalty was not challenged until the Felix Diaz revolution in Mexico City in February, 1913, when the Madero government was complete ly overthrown and Huerta himself ele vated to the presidency. Heurta was the moving spirit In the consummation of the plot that resulted In the seizure of the person of President Madero and his brother Gustavo. MORE AMERICANS KILLED. Some Bandita Captured. Bitter Feel ing El Paso. EI Paso, Texas. Martial law has been declared In El Paso. Negotiation were begun with the de facto government of Mexico to secure special trains with rfblch to bring Americans still remaining In the bandit terrorized district of northern Mexico to the international border. Military escorts adequate to InBure the safe arrival of the refugees also were requested. Officials of mining companies oper ating In Mexico at the urgent request ot the United States Department of State, ordered their employes now in Chihuahua and Durango to return to the United States. The execution of three more Amer icans by bandits ot Villa adherent was confirmed by advices received from western Chihuahua. These mes sages stated that George F, Parsons, according to these reports, was slaini i ti A. f wuuv pruBuecuu iivar me oaoicora ranch. It was at this ranch that Peter Keane was killed several weeks ago. Bart Kramer was executed In the Guerrero district. The capture of General Jose Rod riguez, one of the most prominent oi the Villa generals waa confirmed. 8evere Weather In Western 8tatea. Chicago. The bitter cold In the Western States accompanied In cer tain sections y rain and snow storms, showed no signs of material amelior ation. Along the Canadian border of the Northwest temperatures from 30 to 45 degrees below zero were recorded. St Louis reported a minimum tem perature ot four degrees below zero, and in Chicago the mercury dropped to six below. Oklahoma and Nebras ka were promised decreasing frlbldlty Ford Peac Delegates. London. The American ' members of the Henry Ford peace party have selected five delegates to attend a conference ot neutrals to be held later at The Hague. . . The delegates, it Is stated, Include Mr. Ford, William Jennings Bryan and Miss Jane Addams. . ' Arredondo Calls on Lansing, , Washington, Elleo Arredondo, Am bassador designate of the de facto government of Mexico, called at the state department and personally as sured Secretary Lansing that Car ranza troops had been dlspatced to western. Chihuahua with orders to kill or capture all the bandits concerned in the Blaylng of American citizens. He said every Carranza soldier in northern Mexico would be pressed into service, if necessary to achieve this purpose. Americans had been warn ed not to miter this territory. - Miss Addama Before Committee. Washington. Two aides of the mil itary preparedness problem was heard by congressional committees. Miss Jane Addams, president of the Wo man's Peace Society of America, urg ed the military committees of the house and senate to make no Increase in the army at least until the. Euro pean war was over, saying the pre paredness movement was due to panto on account ot the war, Major Gen eral Bliss later resumed his state ment as a military expert In favor ot the administration's army plans. treason. Jan 18, 8iS. Fierce fighting took place at La Bolssell. Garman occupied Klalo and Ruulana fell back to Radom. Plotsk evaouated by th Germans. Parla darkened at night by po lice order. Jan. It, 1918. French advanced In attempt to cut off St Mlhlel. German airships dropped bomb on Yarmouth, Klng'a Lynn, and other English town, killing four person. French In forest of Le Pretre within ten mile of Metz. Austrian army flanked by Rus sians In Bukowina. Jan. 20, 1915. British troop captured Frayllng huystn. Russians drovs back Austrian In Hungary and marched on Jacobenl. Dutch naval patrol boat aunk by mine, five men drowned. Governor of Cracow ordered partial evacuation of th city. ' Jan. 21, 1918. German repulsed In th Ar dennee wood by French and Bel gians. French retook tranche at Notr Dm de Lorett. German retook th forest of L Pretre. Ruulana renewed their offenslv against Mlawa. Austrian routed Ruulana from Intrenchments along the Donajec. German cruiser Karlsruhe report-' ed off Porto Rico. Allied airmen dropped bomb en Essen. Jan. 22, 1918. Fierce fighting In Hartmanna wsllerkopf region. New Russian army neared Prus sian border. Russian invasion of Hungary waa halted. Garman submarine sank British Steamer Durward, MaJ. Gen. 8am Hughe began en listing third Canadian contingent Russia ordered expulsion of Aus trian and Garman subject. - Jan. 23, 1S. German troop were massed In Hungary. Russians mad further advance In th north, Garman airman dropped bomb on Dunkirk. Mrrle. Qroultch cam to America Basking seed for Sarbiane, Germans renewed their activity near Ypres and bombarded left wing of allies. Sever battle In th Argonn re gion. German supply ship waa aunk by Australian cruiser. Italian vice-consul at Llag dis missed by Germans for aiding Beh glana. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES In Sweden a mile is 11,690 yards. Scotland has the longest bridge in the world the Lay, two miles and 70 yard in length. It Is said that a humming bird when stripped of Its feathers Is no larger than a bumble bee. A duster made of cheesecloth, soaked In turpentine and then dried, will accumulate dust Instead of scat tering It The Cape Cod canal is now re stricted to boats of less than 18 feet draft, but it will soon be deepened to a 16-foot waterway. A Russian inventor claim to have perfected a motor that can safel; util ize electricity drawn from storm t clouds. A partitioned gravy dish has been " invented that permits fat gravy to be poured from one side and lean from the other. The governments of both Denmark : and Sweden are Investigating a recent discovery of coal on the island oi Bomholm, a Danish possession close to. the Swedish coast So that bicyclists will not have to wear trouser guards a North Carolina has Invented a large disk to be at tached to the outside of the forward ' sprocket of a wheel. The needless Infantile death rate s owing to neglect and Ignorance costs this country $3,000,000 a day One ot the 1 famous carillons ol Flanders, a magnificent chime of bells, '' has been transferred to the English , Tillage of Cattlstock, where great In terest is taken in the frequent con certs for which use Is made of them. '" The fossil of an elenhant that ' nig excBvaiec trom a gravel bed neat Chatham, England. Is declared to have : supported the, carcass ol an "elephal V antiquus ; of the early , pleistocene period,". puny little runt of a beast but i trie larger than a mammoth. V;
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